The Pops Playbook
The moves, mindsets, and quiet rituals of modern fatherhood. A field guide from a former Miami DJ who traded the booth for the dinner table, and never stopped reading the room.
Not a parenting book. A dad book.
There are a thousand books about raising kids. This is not one of them. The Pops Playbook is about the person doing the raising. The dad who is also a partner, a worker, a friend, a son, and still somehow the guy who knows where everyone’s shoes are.
It is part memoir, part field guide. Records, recipes, road trips, habits, and the small, unglamorous choices that end up mattering the most.
Written for dads in the middle of it. Raising kids, keeping a marriage alive, holding down the job, and still trying to figure out what kind of man shows up in their own life.
If Any of This Sounds Familiar
You’re in the thick of it
Kids at home, work not slowing down, and a calendar that never quite clears. You want a read that meets you where you are instead of scolding you for not being further along.
You still have a personality
The guy who loved music, movies, late dinners, and long drives did not disappear when the kids showed up. He just got quieter. This book is for him too.
You want the playbook, not the lecture
Real moves that work in real weeks. Not a philosophy. Not a list of ten affirmations. Just things that held up in our house and might hold up in yours.
Twelve Chapters, One Playbook
- Read the Room. What a DJ booth taught me about parenting.
- The Sunday Reset. The one ritual that saves every week.
- Dinner as a Verb. Why the meal matters more than the menu.
- The Car Is a Confession Booth. How to use the drive.
- Marriage in the Margins. Staying a couple while raising a crew.
- The Crate. Records, movies, and the life that keeps you sharp.
- Travel With Teenagers. The trips that still work after age twelve.
- Health Past Fifty. Sleep, lifts, and the body dads actually have.
- Work You Can Live With. Ambition, paychecks, and coming home at a reasonable hour.
- Friendship at Middle Age. Why the group chat is the new poker night.
- Money Without the Panic. The two numbers that matter.
- The Long Playlist. The kind of dad you want to be at seventy.
Pops
Former Miami DJ. Husband of eighteen years. Dad of three. Builder of What’s Cooking Pops. Wrote the book he needed to read five years ago, and figured a few other dads might need it too.
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Expected release: Fall 2026. Publisher: WCP Imprint.